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Englishhi how's it going i'm lisanice to meet you in this serieswe're going to learn some easy ways to

ask an answercommon questions in English it's really

usefulended only takes three minutes in this

lessonyou're going to learn new more common

ways to askand answer the question how are you in

Englishyou've probably learned how are youand I'm fine in text books beforebut in the United States people will

usually ask this question and answer itin a different way firstlet's review if someone sayshow are you you can say I'm fineI'm fine here are someother ways to answer pretty goodthis means about the same thing asI'm fine pretty good we also havenot bad you can use this if you are

feeling justokay or so sell not badlet's look at our question again how are

youthis is the most well-known way asking

how someone isyou could use it when you want to be

polite but nowlet's look at some different ways to ask

how someone isthese ways are more casual and much more

commonfirst Haiti has a gunhey how's it going you can answer thisin many ways if you're feeling goodyou can say good goodpretty good pretty goodnot bad not badin once more good pretty goodnot bad here's a tip: even though these

answers mean the same thing asI'm fine you can't answer how's it goingwith I'm fine it will sound a bit

strangeif you're not feeling good you can saynot so good not so goodnot great in not greator not so wellnot so well be carefulif you say wanna be's the other person

will usually askwhy what's wrong to be polite thenyou'll have to explain another casualbut very common version have how are you

iswhat's up what's up to replyuse a cheerful voice as you say not muchnot much or nothing muchnothing much this means you're freeand able to chat since what's upis just another way of saying hello you

can alsoreply with hey or hi now it's time for a

leash is advicea lot of the time when we ask questions

that meanhow are you in English we're not

actually asking about the other person'shealthwere only asking to be polite you should

think of these questionsas another way of saying hello away for

the conversation to get startedinstead a actual literal questions in

factwhen someone asks you what's up you

don't even have to answerjust say what's up in reply do you know

the difference betweenwhat do you do and what are you doingit's a little tricky but we'll explain